Women Explorers, Trailblazers, and Adventurers

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Renata Chlumska
Renata Chlumska. First Swedish woman on the top of Mount Everest.
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True West Magazine
Calamity Jane famously posed in 1903 next to the grave of her friend Wild Bill Hickok on Mt. Moriah above Deadwood, South Dakota.
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Susan Butcher (1954-2006) - Find a Grave Memorial
Susan Butcher (1954 - 2006) Sled dog racer, four time winner of the Iditarod (including a streak of three in a row)
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Baddest Mother Ever - Gratitude. Grief. Growth.
Louise Arner Boyd - 1887-1972; Explorer, Artic Ocean, First Woman to Fly over the North Pole.
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Elite Kilimanjaro || Mount Kilimanjaro
Great Adventurers: Louise Boyd
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9 Trailblazing Female Explorers
Nellie Bly (1864-1922) Best known as an investigative journalist whose undercover stint inside a mental institution loosely inspired Sarah Paulson’s character on “American Horror Story: Asylum,” Nellie Bly was also one heck of a world traveler, although she didn’t exactly stick around long in the far-flung locales she visited. After all, she had a record to beat.
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Isabella Bird - Wikipedia
Isabella Lucy Bird (1831 – 1904) was a 19th century English explorer, writer and natural historian. Travelling widely in the USA, Asia, India, Australia and Canada, she rode on horseback (she was considered scandalous for not riding side-saddle!) for 800 miles through the Rocky Mountains and wrote a book about her experiences.
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A life to remember - Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) - Adventures in Arabia...
The Traveler...: A life to remember - Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) - Adventures in Arabia... "Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, archaeologist and spy who explored, mapped, and became highly influential to British imperial policy making.."
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Jean Batten with her Percival Gull, at Gravesend, 1936-37
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Dominick Arduin (1960-2004), disappeared on her attempt to become the first woman to ski alone to the North Pole.
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Tania Aebi: The Eternal High Tide Sailor | Art & Culture | Emaho Magazine
U.S.A - Like any sophomore student, Tania Aebi was all ready for high school and plan for college. However, her father had different plans for her and they set sail for a year and sailed 27,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. After this expedition, as Tania turned 18, she cast off in her 26 foot boat Var...
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Harriet Chalmers Adams